| July 12, 2003
Time to hook back up to the "grid", with water and
electric. I used PVC underground, copper above ground, and PEX
inside the house. You can't have enough shut-off valves.
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| Since we're blessed with 70 lbs. of pressure, I had to
install a pressure reducer for the inside plumbing, which drops it to 45
lbs. This is much easier on your faucets. The irrigation and
hose bibs are hooked up so they get the full 70 lbs. of pressure. |
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| The PEX tubing has to be kept 6" away from the water
heater vent (smokestack), so I used copper flex connectors to hook up to
the water heater. Note the shutoff valve on the cold water line. |
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| Another view of the PEX tubing showing the copper
distribution manifolds. |
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July 13, 2003
YAAAAAAHOOOOOOOO!!! We got a flushie!
I don't mean to wax eloquent about the lowly toilet, but for the past
year, every Sunday night I've had to empty our RV's blackwater tank to
this 20 gallon transfer tank, and roll it over to our sewer clean-out and
dump it, rinse it out, then pour more blue stuff in the holding
tank. I can't tell you how wonderful it is to just push the flush
handle and never have to deal with it again! |
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| July 25, 2003
I ended up using almost every slot on a 200 Amp panel (a couple of
those breakers are spares). The new code requires Arc-Fault breakers
on the bedrooms. For you sharp-eyed electricians, this panel is
still a sub-panel until I get permanent power hooked up to it, so I had to
keep the neutrals insulated from the cabinet. |
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| Making up one of the hundred or so boxes on the inside
wiring. |
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| Since it is left unfinished, I was able to complete the
electrical for the basement and install all the lighting. It sure is
nice having bright light down there, with a switch at the stairs. |
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| With all the posts and beams, it kind of looks like a mine. |
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| I wired lights along the ridge in the attic also. It
makes it nice when having to work up there. |
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| Meanwhile, back at the ranch, my poor wife is still slopping
along with the stripper. It's a nasty job: sticky, smelly, tedious,
and the stuff burns like fire if you get it on you (did I mention
explosive?) This is about her sixth gallon. Her favorite is
the Kleen Strip in the red can. We tried the citrus-based stripper,
and though it is more benign, it doesn't work as well. |
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